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DEATHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997                                                                                             

                                                                                                                        
INTER-                                                      TOTAL                           AGE                         
NATIONAL                                     R                BY                                                        
CLASSI-                                      A  TOTAL        RACE                                                  65  U
FICATION                         TOTAL       C    BY          AND       1-  5-  10-  15-  25-  35-   45-   55-    AND  N
NUMBER*  CAUSE*              NUMBER  RATE#   E   RACE  SEX    SEX   <1   4   9   14   24   34   44    54    64   OVER  K

320-389  DISEASES OF THE        434   16.1   W    351    M    147    2   2   0    3    7    4    4     7    12    106  0
         NERVOUS SYSTEM                                  F    204    1   0   2    0    3    3    3     9    15    168  0
         AND SENSE ORGANS                   NW     83    M     39    2   2   1    0    4    5    4     3     1     17  0
                                                         F     44    3   2   1    0    2    1    3     3     6     23  0

320-322  MENINGITIS               7    0.3   W      2    M      1    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      1  0
                                                         F      1    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     0     0      1  0
                                            NW      5    M      3    0   2   0    0    0    0    1     0     0      0  0
                                                         F      2    1   0   0    0    1    0    0     0     0      0  0

345      EPILEPSY                18    0.7   W     11    M      6    0   0   0    0    2    2    1     0     0      1  0
                                                         F      5    0   0   0    0    0    0    1     0     0      4  0
                                            NW      7    M      5    0   0   0    0    0    1    2     0     1      1  0
                                                         F      2    0   0   0    0    0    0    1     0     0      1  0

390-459  DISEASES OF THE     12,086  448.8   W  8,030    M  3,762    3   1   0    0    4   18   90   268   485  2,893  0
         CIRCULATORY                                     F  4,268    5   1   0    2    2    7   45   116   238  3,852  0
         SYSTEM                             NW  4,056    M  1,874    5   2   0    3    7   33  116   238   295  1,173  2
                                                         F  2,182    3   2   0    1    8   23   73   146   248  1,678  0

390-398, HEART DISEASES       9,674  359.2   W  6,468    M  3,129    3   1   0    0    4   11   77   233   421  2,379  0
  402,                                                   F  3,339    4   1   0    2    1    2   27    94   195  3,013  0
404-429                                     NW  3,206    M  1,510    4   2   0    2    4   28   92   197   238    941  2
                                                         F  1,696    2   2   0    1    5   14   54   109   185  1,324  0

401,403  HYPERTENSION           180    6.7   W     93    M     27    0   0   0    0    0    0    0     5     4     18  0
                                                         F     66    0   0   0    0    0    0    2     1     2     61  0
                                            NW     87    M     32    0   0   0    0    0    1    2     4     6     19  0
                                                         F     55    0   0   0    0    0    2    2     8     6     37  0

430-438  CEREBROVASCULAR      1,848   68.6   W  1,194    M    466    0   0   0    0    0    5   11    28    40    382  0
         DISEASES                                        F    728    1   0   0    0    0    5   14    18    37    653  0
                                            NW    654    M    285    0   0   0    1    3    3   19    32    46    181  0
                                                         F    369    1   0   0    0    3    6   17    27    49    266  0